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The remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.
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A Forest Reduced to Twigs
Commentators explain that Isaiah continues the metaphor of the Assyrian army as a vast, dense forest. God's judgment will be so devastating that this 'forest' will be reduced to a few scattered 'trees.' The once-mighty army will be so decimated that the handful of survivors can be easily counted.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the rest of the trees ... - Still keeping up the image of a large and once dense forest, to which he had likened the Assyrian a…
19th Century
Anglican
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few. —To number an army, or to count the killed and wounded after a battle, was commonly …
16th Century
Protestant
And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be a number. When he adds that the remnant of them will be a number, he employs …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few Which were left unconsumed, that escaped this destruction, those of …
See what a change sin made. The king of Assyria, in his pride, thought to act by his own will. The tyrants of the world are tools of Providence. Go…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Woe to them that make wicked laws. Here he begins to threaten the foreign enemies who persecute them physically.
He threa…
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